Christenberry Family Home, near Stewart, Alabama
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Christenberry Family Home, near Stewart, Alabama
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
William Christenberry
American, 1936–2016
American, 1936–2016
Date
1994, printed 2004
Medium
Dye coupler print
Accession #
2014.172
Dimensions
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Location
Currently Not on View
Description
Christenberry was born and grew up in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, but he spent the summers nearby in Hale County, where his grandparents lived on land that had been in the family for generations. He lived much of his adult life in Washington, DC, and made annual pilgrimages each summer to Alabama to visit his family and photograph his childhood haunts. Christenberry took this picture of his paternal grandparents’ home, long since abandoned and reclaimed by the verdant landscape, with unsentimental directness.
Credit
Purchase with funds from Robert YellowleesImage Copyright
(c) William Christenberry